New York Road Runners' Central Park Loop notes

Did You Know?This is the first time that three U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Men's Marathon qualifiers have run 2:09 or faster in the qualifying time window: Khalid Khannouchi (2:07:04), Ryan Hall (2:08:24), and Abdi Abdirahman (2:08:56).Khannouchi and Hall's times are the fastest two qualifying times ever for the U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Men's Marathon.For the first time since Frank Shorter in 1976, a male qualifier, Meb Keflezighi, is a returning Olympic Marathon medalist.